spear : Idioms & Phrases

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King's spear

  • noun asphodel with leafy stem and fragrant yellow flowers
    yellow asphodel; Asphodeline lutea.
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  • (Bot.), the white asphodel (Asphodelus albus).
Webster 1913

Pump spear

  • . Same as Pump rod, above.
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Sparrow spear

  • (Zoöl.), the female of the reed bunting. Prov. Eng.
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spear carrier

  • noun a minor actor in crowd scenes
    supernumerary; extra.
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Spear foot

  • the off hind foot of a horse.
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Spear grass

  • . (Bot.) (a) The common reed . See Reed, n., 1. (b) meadow grass. See under Meadow.
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Spear hand

  • the hand in which a horseman holds a spear; the right hand. Crabb.
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Spear side

  • the male line of a family. Lowell.
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Spear thistle

  • noun European thistle with rather large heads and prickly leaves; extensively naturalized as a weed in the United States
    Cirsium vulgare; bull thistle; boar thistle; Cirsium lanceolatum.
WordNet
  • (Bot.), the common thistle (Cnicus lanceolatus).
Webster 1913

spear thrower

  • noun a device resembling a sling that is used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spear
    throwing stick; dart thrower; throwing board.
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spear up

  • verb thrust up like a spear
    spear.
    • The branch speared up into the air
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spear-point

  • noun the head and sharpened point of a spear
    spearhead; spearpoint.
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To couch a spear ∨ lance

  • to lower to the position of attack; to place in rest.
Webster 1913